Improvement in coin-measures



0. H. FULLER.

Coin-Measure. No. 208,902. Patented om. 15,1878.

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UNITED'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. FULLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COIN-MEASURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,902, dated October 15, 1878; application filed March 18, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. FULLER, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementv in Coin-Measures, of which I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, which will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal plan view of the coin-measure; Fig. 2, a view of the same looking from above; and Fig. 3, a cross-section.

The object of my invention is an improved device to expedite and facilitate the handling and counting of coin.-

My improvement consists in the construction of, out of sheet metal, a measure semicircular in form, of any desired length, the diameter being in accordance with the denomination of the coin for which such measure is intended, one end of the measure being rounded ofl', similar to a scoop, and left open, the other end being closed by a disk of metal, to which is attached the handle proper.

The coin-measure is provided with regular graduated spaces and numbers to correspond with the dimensions of the measure and the denomination of the coin. By this arrangement the exact amount held in the measure is known at a glance without the necessity of counting each piece.

In the drawing, A represents a coin-measure, its formation being in shape and appearance somewhat similar to a scoop. The object of having one end so rounded off is to admit of the coin being easily transferred in bulk from the measure to a coin holder or wrapper.

The coin-measure, as shown in Fig.1 of the drawings, is constructed of sheet brass, but may be constructed of any other suitable material.

This measure represented in Fig. 1 will hold forty twenty-five-cent pieces, or ten dollars in coin of that denomination.

13 represents a disk, forming the closed end of the measure A;. C, a handle or fiuger-gras I attached to the disk B, a portion of this handle being turned back in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings to form the thumbpiece D. Upon the face of this thumb-piece is placed a numeralto correspond to the denomination of the coin for which such measure is intended. E represents a notch to show when the measure is exactly filled. V

The measure above described can be used from which to make change by having a series of measures arranged in a row containing coin of the difl'erent denominations.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a coin-measure, the combination of the semicircular body A, having a regular graduated scale, the spaces between the lines being 'equal to the thickness of coins of the different denominations, with the disk B and the handle G, the whole constructed in the manner set forth, and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES H. FULLER. Witnessesi L. B. O0UPLAND, L. A. BUNTING. 

